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The flight of a U.S. Navy unmanned helicopter into restricted airspace near the nation’s capital after operators lost control of the aircraft was a “learning experience” that is unlikely to hurt efforts to integrate unmanned planes into commercial airspace, industry and military officials said.
Operators lost the control link with the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout during an Aug. 2 test flight from a Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., facility. The unmanned aircraft continued on a north-by-northwest heading for about 30 minutes and entered National Capital Region airspace, Capt. Tim Dunigan, the Navy’s Fire Scout program manager, said ...
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